CONTENTS-JULY, 1878. PAGE MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF THE Reformed PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. U. P. Delegate.... Consultative Member, Com. as to Constitutionality of Invitations to sit as. Papers... Unfinished Business, Report of Com. on... Travelling Fund, Special Report on Fourth Term of Communion Sabbath, Resolution as to the. Dissents of Rev. R. Hutcheson. Place Next, of Meeting.. Temperance, Report of Com. or. Edinburgh Council, Report of Delegate to. Psalmody, Com. as to use of, in Council of 1880 Letter from the Synod in Ireland.. Letter to the Synod in Ireland. Letter to the Synod in Scotland. 16 196 197 197 197, 214 197, 202 .198, 212 198 199, 204, 209, 211, 212 201 .202, 217, 241 202 203 204 205 206 207 209 210 211 211 212 214 214 15 216 217 217 19 221 Presbyterial Reports, Report of Com. on. Pittsburgh Presbytery, Report of.. Foreign Missions, Report of Board of..... Central Board of Missions, Report of... Sabbath Schools, Report of Com. on.... Finance, Report of Com. or.. Elizabeth McCurdy, 251. Rev. T. A. Sproull, 252. C. Anderson, Mrs. E. Todd, Lizzie Easson, 256. SHARON CHURCH, IOWA, MAY 29, 1878. THE forty-ninth session of the Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in North America met, pursuant to previous adjournment, and was opened with a sermon by the Moderator, the Rev. J. R. Thompson, from Luke 24: 49-"But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high." After sermon the Synod was constituted with prayer. In the absence of the Clerk, the Rev. S. Carlisle was appointed Clerk, pro tem. The roll was called and present members were ascertained as follows: Ministerial Members Absent.-A. Stevenson, Wm. Graham, J. C. Taylor, J. M. Beattie, D. C. Faris, J. A. Spear, Joshua Kennedy, J. B. Williams, J. W. Shaw, Joseph Beattie, R. J. Sharpe, A. W. Johnston, W. McFarland, J. F. Crozier, R. Reed, J. A. Black, N. M. Johnston, Wm. Slater, T. Sproull, Henry Easson, T. M. Elder, N. R. Johnston, D. Metheny, J. Wallace, A. McFarland, R. M. C. Thompson, John French, D. S. Faris, J. Neill, W. W. McMillan, S. M. Stevenson. 31. Congregations not Represented.-Newark, 1st Boston, Craftsbury, Ryegate, Barnet, W. Hebron, Bovina, White Lake, Coldenham, Ballibay, 3d Philadel phia, Conococheague, Lochiel, Bear Run and Mahoning, Rehoboth, Monongahela, Oil Creek, Londonderry, Brownsville, Jonathan's Creek, Lake Eliza, Cedar Lake, Garrison, Belle Centre, Lake Reno and Round Prairie, Tabor, Sterling. 27. The Rev. C. D. Trumbull was unanimously elected Moderator. The Rev. T. P. Stevenson, Clerk, and the Rev. J. W. Sproull, Assistant Clerk, were continued for the coming year. The Revs. J. C. K. Milligan, D. McAllister, J. M. Armour, James Love, R. Hutcheson, and J. A. Thompson gave reasons for absence from last meeting, which were sustained. It was ordered that the hours of meeting of Synod be from 9 A. M. to 12, and from 1 P. M. to 4, except on to-morrow, when Synod shall meet at ten o'clock. The Clerks, with elder S. E. McElhinny, were appointed a Committee on Unfinished Business. The Revs. T. P. Robb, A. M. Milligan and S. O. Wylie, with elders S. Bayles and M. W. Bartley, were appointed a Committee on Devotional Exercises. The several Boards were directed to report to Synod, not later than Friday forenoon, and Presbyteries on Friday afternoon. The consideration of the Fourth Term of Communion was made the order of the day for to-morrow. Leave was granted to the several Presbyteries to sit during the sessions of Synod. The Revs. T. C. Sproull, D. Gregg, and J. M. Faris, with elders John Aiken and R. Beattie, were appointed a Committee to prepare a minute on the death of the Rev. T. A. Sproull. Synod then adjourned, with prayer by the Moderator, to meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. THURSDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. MAY 30, 1878. Synod met at the appointed hour and was opened with prayer by the Moderator. All the members were present except elder McCaughan, who soon appeared. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The Moderator announced the following Standing Committees: Fresbyterial Reports.--Ministers, R. D. Sproull, A. Kilpatrick and J. M. Faris; elders, John McCullough and T. J. Blackwood. Discipline.-Ministers, D. B. Willson, R. M. Sommerville and D. McAllister; elders, C. McCaughan and R. Aiton. Signs of the Times.-Ministers, A. J. McFarland, P. H. Wylie and S. R. Wallace; elders, Jas. McKnight and J. M. Forsythe. Theological Seminary and Board of Education.-Ministers, D. McKee, P. P. Boyd and J. C. K. Faris; elders, John A. McKee and John Hunter. Foreign Correspondence.-Ministers, J. R. Thompson, D. G. Thompson and J. W. Dill; elders, W. F. Bell and Wm. McClement. Temperance.-Ministers, W. P. Johnston, J. C. McFeeters and I. Faris; elders, M. McConnell and Robert Armstrong. Travelling Fund.-Ministers, D. H. Coulter, S. J. Crowe and J. H. Boggs; elders, John Aikin and Joseph McKnight, Finance.-Ministers, S. Bowden, J. C. Boyd and J. C. Smith; elders, M. W. Bartley and A. Dodds. Missions.-Ministers, Joseph McCracken, Wm. F. George and E. G. Elsey; elders, Jas. Bell and W. Kernohan. |